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Bolshoi gala: a night in true Russian style, minus Putin by Miriam Elder

Supermodels, politicans and ballerinas assemble to celebrate the reopening of the Moscow theatre's doorsRight from an opening extravaganza of workers in hard hats toiling away to the tune of a drill, on through to a penultimate act featuring a horse and donkey, the entertainment was a gala evening managing to combine the Bolshoi's long history of grand performance with modern Russia's supposed cultural vacuity.Stretc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM on October 28, 2011

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